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Louisville, Kentucky came out on top for more than horses and bourbon
Alaska's northern lights will be especially spectacular next year
Glacier National Park's glaciers might not be around for much longer
Fresh, local cuisine is the name of the game on the San Juan Islands in Washington state
Attention American travel aficionados: There's no need to leave the United States to find the next hot destination.
With Lonely Planet's Top 10 U.S. Destinations for 2013, innovative cuisine and drink, hopping art scenes and spectacular nature are available – all without a passport. They include emerging destinations, locations that have something special for 2013 and longtime favorites with something new to offer visitors.
"U.S destinations are always going to be popular for U.S. residents," said Robert Reid, Lonely Planet's U.S. travel editor. "It's a big country and we don't have as much vacation time as Europeans."
So consider putting that limited time to good use at one of these top destinations:
Louisville is the new Portland?
Louisville, Kentucky, was named the top U.S. destination for 2013, following travel publisher Lonely Planet's discussions among its group of U.S. editors and authors. While they tend to debate entries into each year's Top 10 list, everyone agreed on Louisville, said Reid.
While many horse lovers descend upon this Southern town the first Saturday in May to witness the Kentucky Derby, also known as the "greatest two minutes in sports," there's more to Louisville than one horse race.
With its hip bourbon scene (including microdistilleries), fine dining and emerging East Market District, also known as NuLu, Louisville may just be the new Portland, Oregon. Reid said. Consider exploring the city via the Urban Bourbon Trail for a powerful introduction to Kentucky's famous spirit.
The rest of Lonely Planet's Top 10 destinations: Fairbanks, Alaska (2); San Juan Islands, Washington (3), Philadelphia (4); American Samoa (5); Eastern Sierra, California (6); northern Maine (7); Twin Cities, Minnesota (8); Verde Valley, Arizona (9); and Glacier National Park, Montana (10).
Lonely Planet's Best Value worldwide destinations for 2013
Nature is putting on a show
Fairbanks, Alaska, is the place to view the northern lights (aurora borealis) next year, when the sunspots put on a spectacular show in the sky. It's the end of an 11-year solar cycle so the show should be exceptionally beautiful. Go in late summer for the best view.
And people who haven't seen Glacier National Park yet should visit soon. Beloved by Montana residents and visitors alike, most visitors enjoy the famous Going-to-the-Sun Road. However, the park's namesake glaciers are melting and could be gone by 2020 if the current warming trends continue, according to the National Park Service.
The Eastern Sierra in California is just beyond Yosemite, allowing for exploration of hot springs, a gold rush ghost town and the amazing Devils Postpile National Monument's 60-foot curtain of basalt columns made from rivers of lava.
Across the country, most visitors going to Maine stick to the shoreline. But the interior of northern Maine also has plenty for the active outdoors traveler. Not only is the Appalachian Trail's northern terminus located at Mount Katahdin in Baxter State Park, there are also miles of bike trails, canoe trips, rafting and a nearly 100-year-old steamboat ride at Moosehead Lake.
The Spiritual Journey of the Appalachian Trail
The food and drink are divine
The lovely San Juan Islands north of Seattle have been coined "the Gourmet Archipelago" by Lonely Planet guidebook author Brendan Sainsbury. The area has plenty of not-Seattle-like sunshine and lots of fresh, local food. High on the menus of local restaurants: locally farmed artichokes and marionberries and fresh-caught salmon, oysters and razor clams. Sainsbury recommends the Doe Bay Cafe on Orcas Island, and Willows Inn on Lummi Island.
Beyond the red rocks, crystals and spa culture of Arizona, Verde Valley is blossoming as a wine community. The new Verde Valley Wine Trail near Sedona connects four vineyards around Cornville in northern Arizona.
Classic American cities
Art is truly taking center stage in Philadelphia. True, the city has long had the Philadelphia Museum of Art with its Rocky-climbing steps. But with the move of the Barnes Foundation – with its once-private collection of Cézanne, Matisse and Renoir – into the city, Philly is now the place to explore art. And the gallery scene is exploding in emerging neighborhoods like Fishtown and Northern Liberties – with a restaurant and bar scene to enjoy while you're there.
Minnesota's Twin Cities have long been known as bike-friendly, but the Nice Ride Minnesota bike-share system and its new bike lanes have made the region even more cyclist-friendly. Ride along the Mississippi River close to the headwaters and enjoy the beauty of the trails there.
Prince still stops by the Minneapolis clubs to hear the latest bands, Reid promised. And you can also enjoy a show at Minnesota Public Radio's Fitzgerald Theater (named after St. Paul native F. Scott Fitzgerald) where Garrison Keillor tapes "A Prairie Home Companion." Keillor's next show is February 2, 2013, but there's plenty of other entertainment there in the meantime.
Far away without a passport
While there's no need to have a passport when traveling to the U.S. territory of American Samoa, it will take most U.S. residents some time to get there. From already far-flung Hawaii, travelers take a nearly six-hour flight from Honolulu to Pago Pago on Tutuila.
It's not a place most people can afford to go, but it's worth your consideration for the trip of a lifetime, said Reid. "It's a dream South Pacific beach vacation," he said.
Tutuila offers incredible beaches, waterfalls and even the National Park of American Samoa, but Reid recommends jumping on a quick connecting flight to the 3-square-mile Ofu in the Manu'a Islands, which features white-sand beaches flanked by palm trees and surrounded by shark-tooth-shaped mountains. While the editors recommend visiting on Flag Day, April 17, when the island celebrates big time, snorkeling and pure Polynesian bliss is available almost anytime.


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[Gloria Kobrin, who graced our internet broadcast on August 15th – just a few weeks ago – graciously agreed to share one of the recipes from her Kosher Cookbook app for iPhone and iPod. Gloria shares her recipes and cooking tips on her Kosher Cookbook page on Twitter.com/Koshercookbook, on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/KosherCookbookApp?ref=nf, and on her blog at: www.koshercookbook.blogspot.com. While this dessert can be enjoyed at any time, it acquires special significance during Rosh Hashana. CS]
Apple Tart
Serves 10-12
The sweetness of the apples and vanilla contrasted with the tart marmalade and Grand Marnier baked in a rich crust is spectacular. The extra hand work is worth it.
- ¼ pound pareve margarine
- ½ cup confectioner's sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 3 tablespoons ice water
- 1 ¼ cups flour
Apple Filling
- 8 large Golden Delicious apples
- ¼ pound pareve margarine
- One inch piece of fresh Vanilla bean
- ¼ cup confectioner's sugar
- ½ cup tart orange marmalade
- 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier (see comment and substitute)
- 1 tablespoon water
- Optional: 3 ounces toasted sliced almonds
- 11 inch flan ring (or quiche pan with removable bottom)
- Cookie sheet
- Baking parchment
- Electric food processor
- Large skillet
- Fine sieve
- Pastry brush
- Line cookie sheet with baking parchment and place flan ring on top of it. Set aside.
- Put flour and ½ cup sugar in bowl of processor with steel knife attached. Pulse a few seconds.
- Cut ¼ pound margarine into slices and add them to bowl. Pulse again until mixture resembles crumbs.
- Beat yolks with water. Pour this mixture through feeding tube while the processor is running . Turn off processor when a ball of dough has formed. It will be quite soft. Scrape all dough into the center of flan ring and press it around the ring and up the sides until you have formed a tart shell. Chill for one hour at least.
- Prepare apples while crust is chilling. Peel, quarter and core 3 apples. Slice them paper thin by hand or in the processor.
- Melt ¼ pound margarine in skillet. Slice the Vanilla bean in half but leave its spine intact. Add vanilla bean to melted margarine. Add sliced apples to pan and stir constantly until apples have browned. Press down on the vanilla bean to make sure that it has released all its seeds onto the apples. Remove vanilla bean.
- Remove tart shell from refrigerator. Arrange sautéed apples in an even layer on the bottom of shell.
- Preheat oven to: 400 F.
- Peel, quarter, core and slice remaining apples thinly. Place these apples in consecutive layers on top of the sautéed ones. Keep layering apples until they are all used up.
- Sift ¼ cup confectioner's sugar over top of tart. Place tart in oven and bake for 45-60 minutes. Watch it carefully to be sure crust doesn't burn. It will darken considerably.
- Place apple tart on cooling rack. Melt marmalade with one tablespoon water (can be done in microwave). Stir in Grand Marnier. Brush glaze gently over the top of the tart. Sprinkle with toasted almonds if desired. Chill. Serve tart at room temperature.
Enjoy, gentle reader, enjoy!

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The big dig-out: Northeast buried by 3 feet of snow
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — About 650,000 homes and businesses were left without electricity, and some could be cold and dark for days. Many roads across the New York-to-Boston corridor of roughly 25 million people were impassable. Cars were entombed by drifts. And some people woke up in the morning to find the snow packed so high they couldn't get their doors open.
"It's like lifting cement. They say it's 2 feet, but I think it's more like 3 feet," said Michael Levesque, who was shoveling snow in Quincy, Mass., as part of a work crew for a landscaping company.
At least four deaths in the U.S. were blamed on the overnight snowstorm, including an 11-year-old boy in Boston who was overcome by carbon monoxide as he sat in a running car to keep warm while his father shoveled Saturday morning.
In Providence, Jason Harrison had been working for nearly three hours to clear 3 feet of snow that blocked his driveway and front walk and still had more work to do. His snowblower, he said, "has already paid for itself."
But neighbors Rebekah and John Speck strapped on cross-country skis and coasted past snowdrifts 5 feet high and drooping telephone lines encrusted with snow.
Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee cautioned that while the snow had stopped, the danger hadn't passed: "People need to take this storm seriously, even after it's over. If you have any kind of heart condition, be careful with the shoveling."
With wind gusting over 80 mph in places, the storm appeared to hit hardest along the heavily populated Interstate 95 corridor between the New York metropolitan area and Maine. Milford., Conn., got 38 inches of snow, and Portland, Maine, recorded 31.9 inches, shattering a 1979 record. Several communities in New York and across New England got more than 2 feet.
Still, the storm was not as bad as the some forecasts led many to fear, and not as dire as the Blizzard of '78, used by longtime New Englanders as the benchmark by which all other winter storms are measured.
By midday Saturday, the National Weather Service reported preliminary snowfall totals of 21.8 inches in Boston, ranking the storm sixth for all-time snowfall. Bradley Airport near Hartford, Conn., got 22 inches, for No. 2 in the record books.
In New York, where Central Park recorded 11 inches of snow, not even enough to make the all-time Top 10 list, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city "dodged a bullet" and its streets were "in great shape." The three major airports — LaGuardia, Kennedy and Newark, N.J. — were up and running by late morning after shutting down the evening before.
Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island imposed travel bans to keep cars off the road and let plows do their work, and National Guardsmen joined state crews in clearing Connecticut highways.
In New York, hundreds of motorists abandoned their vehicles on the roads overnight on Long Island, which got 2½ feet of snow, and even snowplows got stuck.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked cities and towns to send more plows, and emergency workers used snowmobiles to reach stranded motorists, some of whom spent the night bundled up in their cars.
Richard Ebbrecht, a chiropractor, left his office in Brooklyn at 3 p.m. on Friday and headed for home in Middle Island, N.Y., but got stuck six or seven times on the Long Island Expressway and other roads.
"There was a bunch of us Long Islanders. We were all helping each other, shoveling, pushing," he said. He finally gave up and settled in for the night in his car just two miles from his destination. At 8 a.m., when it was light out, he walked home.
"I could run my car and keep the heat on and listen to the radio a little bit," he said. "It was very icy under my car. That's why my car is still there."
Across much of New England, streets were empty of cars and dotted instead with children who had never seen so much snow and were jumping into snowbanks and making forts. Snow was waist-high in the mostly empty streets of Boston. Plows made some thoroughfares passable but piled even more snow on cars parked on the city's narrow streets.
Boston's Logan Airport was not expected to resume operations until late Saturday night.


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- Interior cargo volume: 651 L (23 cu.ft.)
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- Rear headroom: 950mm (37.4")
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Mark Frank, a professor of social psychology at the University of Buffalo, studies the connection between facial expression and honesty. Frank has identified specific patterns in the tics, furrows, smirks, frowns and displacement actions of the facial muscles when one is speaking and connected those patterns with the speaker's truthfulness. His research has attracted the attention of law enforcement officials and is now the subject of an NPR article by Dina Temple-Raston. We excerpt portions of it below.
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Frank teaches judges, FBI agents and interrogators, among others, to recognize and accurately read the tiny cues from facial muscles that can happen in the blink of an eye. Frank calls them "hot spots" — emotional cues that might be linked to deceit, or might be clues for further interrogation.
Frank is good at seeing those cues normal people might miss. Eyebrow movement, for example, can be a dead giveaway. Frank says his research has shown that when eyebrows are pulled up and together, they express fear. A muscle in the lower part of the face — something you feel when you stretch your mouth back — is also a hot spot.
"You see that in photos, like when a pickup truck is starting to overturn," Frank said. "You see fear expression in the driver's face."
Paul Moskal, a supervisory special agent with the FBI's office in Buffalo, went through Frank's microexpression training. He said it has made him a better investigator and a better listener.
"We all have a gut feeling that we know when people are lying, but it is very hard for us to articulate why," Moskal said. "I think it is putting science to what we think is intuitive, and for me the interest is where they cross. It makes you aware of things you weren't aware of before. "
A Law Enforcement Tool
To a certain extent, Frank is codifying human intuition while he's also debunking myths about how to read people.
"The literature shows that liars don't make less eye contact than truth tellers. But you ask anyone on the planet what liars do, the first thing they agree on is liars don't look you in the eye," Frank said. "Even just getting over that mythology is a step in the right direction."
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Nature-Inspired Christmas Decorations
Start with evergreens, flowers and fruits to make nature-inspired Christmas decorations for your mantel, table or tree. These natural touches are perfect for last-minute decorating!
Decorate With Boughs
Who hasn't snapped a twig or two off the Christmas tree while shimmying it through a doorway? Put those sprigs to use on a mantel, sideboard or shelf as birch "trees."
Using a bit that matches the stem's diameter, drill holes 1/2 inch or so into birch discs (available at crafts stores). Insert clippings. If needed, apply a dab of glue around stems to secure. Then arrange the trees on a tray or pedestal and add candles. Turn extra pine sprigs into boho tassels by inserting them (with lower needles removed) about ½ inch into frayed rope ends, wrapping embroidery thread tightly around the end to keep them in place. For a mottled effect, float (not submerge) a loose ball of cotton rope in fabric dye for 24 hours.
Globe luminaria
What could be more natural in winter than decorating with ice? A globe luminaria starts out as water inside a punching balloon, then turns into a sparkling globe with a little help from Old Man Winter. See how to make a globe luminaria and other luminaria projects.
No-Fuss Festivity
Sprigs of evergreens fill a collection of plain glass vases for clearly inspired decor.
Related: Easy Holiday Decorating with Glass
Pine Fresh
Norfolk Island pines in ceramic pots make a pretty focal point when dressed with sparkly ornaments.
Related: Decorate with Tiny Christmas Trees
By the Stem
Amaryllis flowers include both single and double forms and 2- to 10-inch flowers. These cut blooms of (from left) 'Nymph', 'Apple Blossom' and 'Picotee' naturally shine on a moss-lined green shutter. Snip when buds just start to unfurl. Cut amaryllis lasts up to two weeks if you trim the stems every few days to assist water absorption. Slide a thin dowel inside the hollow stem for support, and plug the base with a wet cotton ball, which draws water to keep the flower moist.
Related: Easy and Elegant Amaryllis Displays
Lantern Light
Surround lanterns with fresh greenery and pinecones for a classic, elegant centerpiece.
Deck the Banister
Natural birch branches form the backbone of this project (but you could use redtwig dogwood or other branches). For added drama, cut the branches longer so they're taller than your banister, or include more bunches. Use thin florist's wire to lash them to the banister posts along with evergreens (in this case, noble fir) and twigs of bright red winterberries. Matte and glossy chartreuse ornaments add another dimension. Tie it all back with a velvet chartreuse ribbon. Making a bow is optional.
Sparkling Accents
Curiosities such as milk starbursts grab attention in a centerpiece of pinecones and greens. Repurpose serving pieces as candleholders and tiny planters to add charming interest.
Related: 50 Easy Christmas Centerpiece Ideas
Easy-Fill Ornaments
Nestle special "ingredients" inside ball ornaments for thoughtful, budget-friendly party favors or decorations. You can use wintry natural materials like we did, or let your imagination fly.
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Plastic ball ornaments
Artificial snow
Pine tree clippings
Place items inside one ornament half. (Leave them loose, or secure with a dot of hot glue.) Top with the other half, string with ribbon, and presto, you're done!
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Create a Scene
Make a charming winter scene inside a glass bowl using faux snow, spruce or fir spigs, and props such as artificial birds and a nest (from crafts stores), along with mini ornaments.
Natural Wreath
Wood slices make a pretty, natural-looking and long-lasting wreath. Glue 20 wood slices to the front of a flat wooden wreath form, putting 10 on the first layer and 10 on the second, with the top layer arranged so the slices partially overlap the ones on the bottom. Glue burlap and wire-edged ribbon onto part of the wreath and cover with pinecones, artificial berries and greenery. Attach ribbon to hang.
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Tiny Tannenbaums
Clipped greens (in floral foam) displayed in egg cups make a mini forest when grouped on a silver tray. A strand of starry lights adds sparkle.
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Bowlful of Nature
Layer pinecones, rose hips, dried pomegranates, sweetgum pods and moss for this easy look.
Tip Use materials from your garden first, then accent with others shown here (available at crafts stores or through your local florist).
Related: Cheerful Winter Container Gardens
Nonstop Color
Eye-catching amaryllis bulbs dipped in colored wax mark a new trend; look for them at garden centers or online. The coating restricts root growth so plants are shorter than average and live just one season, but serious advantages include a fresh presentation style and no need for water, sunlight, soil or the proverbial green thumb. Of course, the traditional method of growing bulbs in glass forcing vases continues to appeal with classic beauty and repeat seasons.
Branch Out
Need something above your buffet? Hang Christmas cards, embellished tags and ornaments from a single evergreen branch tacked to the wall.
Firebox Finery
Wrap wide green ribbon in bands around a square vase, then fill with decorated winterberry branches. Simple red votives with white candles provide a glow at a safe distance.
Bright Spot
Bring a woodland scene inside. Gather bare branches from the garden, and arrange them in a narrow glass vase filled with artificial snow. More "snow" (cotton tufts) drifts on branches. Cardinals alight as if to gather the bright berries that we cut from faux sprays and wired on. Give the birds another landing spot with a nest on the sill.
Dress Up Fruit
An easy centerpiece starts with a bowl of fruit. Add tabletop flair to apples by inserting bronze brads (available at crafts stores) in a variety of patterns.
Related: Easy Christmas Crafts
Good to Grow
Amaryllis turns heads with its bold midwinter flowers. Group different types of amaryllises for a striking display. This tableau includes, from left, 'Summertime'; budding 'Faro', which will open with a green eye in a white starburst on salmon petals; and the spider-flower cybister variety 'Evergreen'.
Dramatic Entry
Fresh greenery and an eye-catching sled create a dramatic entry. Tip: Buy two imperfect trees, cut off the branches to fill window boxes, then place the tree tops in planters.
Bedeck Worn-Out Boots
Have a pair of winter boots you don't wear? Dress them up with twigs, greens and ribbon for a welcoming display.To protect boots, line with plastic bags. Add rocks in the foot to keep the boots from tipping. Insert twigs and small evergreen branches. Tie ribbon around each boot, tucking a sprig of evergreen in the bow.
Fragrant Decor
For a fragrant chair-back decoration, bundle bay leaf, thyme, rosemary and marjoram with twine. Bouquets can be made several days in advance, then refrigerated. Once dry, use them for cooking!
Related: Festive Holiday Tables
Float a Flower
Create a fluid floral centerpiece with a 17-inch-wide glass bowl and flowers in floating glass tea-light holders.
Candy Fun
Add your own touch to an evergreen wreath by crafting pieces of "candy" from felt or other material you have at home. Tie with red twine or ribbon.
Related: Beautiful Holiday Wreaths
Ice Shards
Freeze cranberries with just enough water to cover them, then add pieces to your ice bucket.
Related: Holiday Decorating with Cranberries
Tower of Apples
Green apples are the perfect hue for an easy Christmas display. Fill a glass jar with apples; mix in loose greens for a wintry feel. Place container on a beveled edge mirror (that serves as a table runner). Fill in with additional greens, ball ornaments and candles of different sizes.
Cranberry Glow
For quick holiday color, surround a cranberry-color candle inside a glass cylinder with fresh cranberries. Add a few sparkly ornaments around the base, and you're done!
Related: Decorating With Holiday Candles
Touch of Glass
For easy elegance, showcase oversize pinecones under cloches. A dusting of faux snow adds wintry sparkle.
Photo Display
Stems with just a few leaves or berries make natural holders for family photographs. Tie branches with twine and add evergreen tassels; insert photos in the branches, clipping them on if needed to hold in place.
Natural Touches
Wintry white tulips lend a soft touch to this natural holiday centerpiece. Fill varying sizes of glassware with fresh flowers and arrange around metallic-sprayed pinecones and silvery ornaments.
Related: Festive Holiday Tables
Tie Twigs
A bundle of brown twigs makes a great hanging decoration to put on a door or above a mantel. To secure, wrap a wide rubber band around twig ends. Tuck one branch of greens, such as eucalyptus, inside the rubber band for color. Cover the rubber band with a ribbon.
Easy Flower Arrangement
Create your own customized flower composition by covering coffee cans with wrapping paper and embellishing them with ribbon. Fill with inexpensive white carnations and baby's breath, plus evergreens cut from your yard.
Related: Throw a Holiday Party on a Budget
Fruit Fillers
Place pillar candles, evergreen branches, pinecones and clementines on a beveled-edge mirror for a nature-inspired tabletop arrangement. Don't like orange? Bring in green pears or red apples for traditional holiday color.
Related: Easy Christmas Centerpiece Ideas
Vase and Garland Ideas
Vases of Red: Carry a theme throughout your decor by using variations of similar materials. We filled clear glass vases of varying shapes and sizes with red flowers and berries, using only one type per vase: amaryllis, winterberry or tulips. The winterberry branches are strong enough to support a few small ornaments.
Fresh Garland: For an alternative to evergreens, make garlands from fresh bells of Ireland. Cut 1-inch sections of the stalks, which have green florets. The hollow stalks are the tubes through which you thread string or yarn. Fresh florets last about a day. When dry, push flowers together.
Flower "Presents"
These cute packages take time, but they're easy to make. Cut a block of floral foam into the size you wish. Cut the heads off chartreuse 'Kermit' button mums. Stick a pearl-headed pin through the center of each flower to secure it to the foam. Wrap red velvet ribbon around the finished package, or just add a bow on top. The flowers stay fresh for about three days.
Cranberry Flower Cylinders
Start with cylinders of varying heights. Place red flowers, such as roses and amaryllises, and greenery in a metal flower frog. Attach the frog inside the cylinder using double-sided florist's tape. Cover the flowers with water, float cranberries on top and place a floating candle amid the berries. Change water daily. The piece should last up to seven days.
Related: Holiday Decorating with Cranberries
Pretty Paperwhites
Place paperwhites in a large compote or bowl. Cover the potting soil with mini ball ornaments in colors that coordinate with your holiday scheme.
Display Your Favorites
Turn a shallow basket or tray into a fun arrangement for your dining or coffee table. We arranged rows of feathery moss, smooth stones, green apples and spiky pinecones, but use what's easily available to you: other fruits or vegetables, ornaments or bits of nature.


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In the course of an October 3 article at MEMRI titled The Failing U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan, Tufail Ahmad and Y. Carmon puncture the myth that the Taliban is negotiating, or preparing to negotiate, with the United States. (MEMRI is the Middle East Media Research Institute.) Even more of a revelation — at least to me –they report that Pakistan mounted a series of military attacks on Afghanistan this year. Here's a sample:
In February 2011, Pakistani planes also bombarded Afghan Border Police posts and civilians' homes in Afghanistan's Nangarhar and Khost provinces. … In June 2011, Pakistan launched a series of missile and artillery attacks on the Afghan provinces of Kunar, Nangarhar, Khost and Paktia, killing dozens of civilians which were described by the Afghan government in a resolution as an "act of invasion" by Pakistan. On June 26, 2011, Afghan President Hamid Karzai accused Pakistan of firing 470 missiles into the eastern Afghan provinces. … In a July 2, 2011 testimony before the parliament, Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak confirmed that two Pakistani helicopters entered the Afghan territory sometime in the summer of 2011. On July 5, 2011, Afghan border police commander Aminullah Amarkhel reported that hundreds of fighters from the Pakistani Taliban crossed the border into Afghanistan's Nuristan province, where they attacked police outposts and torched homes. … on the eastern borders of Afghanistan with Pakistan, and that Pakistan has established 16 security checkposts inside Afghanistan's territory; 31 Pakistani security checkposts on the border with eastern Afghanistan were also seen as a threat to Afghanistan.
It's embarrassing enough for the United States that Pakistan not only refuses to clamp down on, but enables, the Haqqani network's campaign in Afghanistan. But when Pakistan's military itself invades Afghanistan, it nudges our campaign there into the realm of the farcical. At least, though, it permits Pakistan a degree of payback for our drone attacks on Pakistan's soil, as well as the raid on Abbottabad.


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Muslims said to fear that freedom to legally change religion would wreak societal havoc.
CAIRO, Egypt, May 12 (Compass Direct News) – In the dilapidated office here of three lawyers representing one of Egypt's "most wanted" Christian converts, the mood was hopeful in spite of a barrage of death threats against them and their client.
At a court hearing on May 2, a judge agreed to a request by the convert from Islam to join the two cases he has opened to change his ID card to reflect his new faith. The court set June 13 as the date to rule on the case of Maher Ahmad El-Mo'otahssem Bellah El-Gohary's – who is in hiding from outraged Islamists – and lawyer Nabil Ghobreyal said he was hopeful that progress thus far will lead to a favorable ruling.
At the same time, El-Gohary's lawyers termed potentially "catastrophic" for Egyptian human rights a report sent to the judge by the State Council, a consultative body of Egypt's Administrative Court. Expressing outrage at El-Gohary's "audacity" to request a change in the religious designation on his ID, the report claims the case is a threat to societal order and violates sharia (Islamic law).
"This [report] is bombarding freedom of religion in Egypt," said lawyer Said Faiz. "They are insisting that the path to Islam is a one-way street. The entire report is based on sharia."
The report is counterproductive for Egypt's aspirations for improved human rights, they said. In the eyes of the international community it is self-condemned, the lawyers said, because it is not based on Egypt's civil law, nor does it uphold the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights that Egypt has signed.
The report stated that those who leave Islam will be subject to death, described El-Gohary as an "apostate" and called all Christians "infidels."
"During the hearing, they [Islamic lawyers] were saying that Christians are infidels and that Christ was a Muslim, so we said, 'OK, bring us the papers that show Jesus embraced Islam,'" Faiz said, to a round of laughter from his colleagues.
Ghobreyal, adding that the report says El-Gohary's case threatens public order, noted wryly, "In Egypt we have freedom of religion, but these freedoms can't go against Islam."
The trio of young lawyers working on El-Gohary's case, who formed an organization called Nuri Shams (Sunlight) to support Christian converts' rights, said they have received innumerable threats over the phone and on the Internet, and sometimes even from their colleagues.
Churches Challenged
To date no Christian convert in Egypt has obtained a baptismal certificate, which amounts to official proof of conversion.
Churches fear that issuing such certificates would create a severe backlash. As a result, converts cannot apply for a change of religion on their ID, but El-Gohary was able to travel abroad to get a baptismal certificate from a well-established church. In April a Coptic Cairo-based priest recognized this certificate and issued him a letter of acceptance, or "conversion certificate," welcoming him to the Coptic Orthodox community.
El-Gohary's baptismal certificate caused a fury among the nation's Islamic lobby, as it led to the first official church recognition of a convert. A number of fatwas (religious edicts) have since been issued against El-Gohary and Father Matthias Nasr Manqarious, the priest who helped him.
"The converts have no chance to travel, to leave, to get asylum, so we have to help them to get documents for their new religion," Fr. Manqarious told Compass by telephone. "So I decided to help Maher El-Gohary and others like him. They can't live as Christians in broad daylight."
For several months El-Gohary has been in hiding, relying on others to meet his basic needs. When Compass spoke with him by phone earlier this month, he said he lives in fear for his life and worries about his 14-year-old daughter's safety.
"I'm hiding. Someone brings me my food and water. I haven't gone out in a week," said El-Gohary. "Many Muslims and sheikhs … say if anyone sees Maher Gohary, he must kill him. My life is very difficult."
His original case, filed in August of last year, included an attempt to change the religious affiliation on his teenage daughter's ID, but he later dropped it after further legal consultation. El-Gohary said that when radical Muslims recognize his daughter on the streets, they warn her that they will kill her father when they find him.
"She's afraid for me," he said.
His church acceptance letter has re-kindled discussion of a bill proposed by parliamentary members affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, a hard-line Islamist opposition movement, which would make apostasy punishable by death, said El-Gohary's lawyers. Human rights experts, however, say that such a bill does not stand a chance in the Egyptian Parliament and is primarily a smokescreen to induce fear in Egypt's Christian converts from Islam.
Some Hope from Baha'is
Sources said the fact that the judge asked for a baptismal certificate and filed the letter of acceptance in the case represents progress in the ongoing struggle of Egyptian converts, who are not recognized in their own country.
Now that El-Gohary's lawyers have produced the acceptance letter, the judge in the case finds himself in a bind, said Hassan Ismail, general secretary of the Egyptian Union of Human Rights Organizations.
"The judge is in a paradox with the document he asked for," Ismail said. "It is difficult to accept it, and yet it is difficult having this document among those of the case."
Ismail, who has worked for years defending the rights of both Baha'is and converts, said it is hard to predict what the judge will decide in June. Even with all the required documents and "proof" of El-Gohary's conversion, he said, the judge may still deny his right to change religions.
"For us human rights activists, these decisions are political, not legal," he said. "These sorts of documents put the government into a corner, and we are working hard to get them in order to push the government to make different decisions."
At the age of 16 all Egyptians are required to obtain an ID that states their religion as Muslim, Christian or Jewish. These cards are necessary for virtually every aspect of life, from banking, to education and medical treatment.
Baha'is, who do not fall under the rubric of any of Islam's "heavenly religions," were forced to lie about their religion or not obtain cards until March, when in a historical decision Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court upheld a lower court's 2008 ruling that all Egyptians have a right to obtain official documents, such as ID cards and birth certificates, without stating their religion.
The gains of Baha'is have been a gauge of sorts for the Christian convert community, even though in reality they are not granted the freedom to change their stated religion or leave it blank on their cards and the official registry.
"I'm very optimistic about the cases of minorities and converts in Egypt," said Ismail. "I believe that the case of Baha'is was an indicator for converts … If we were able to push their case, then we can defend the rights of converts."
The human rights activist said that although discrimination against converts who are seen as apostates from Islam is greater than that against those raised in other religions, ultimately converts will be able to gain legal ground. El-Gohary's case, he said, will play an important role.
"After years of fighting, the Baha'is have rights," he said. "I think converts will succeed even if it takes years. Many are expecting to see Maher's case [succeed], because it's well documented."
Attorney Ghobreyal said that El-Gohary's case is on solid legal footing based on Article 46 of the Egyptian Civil Code, which grants religious freedom to the country's citizens.
In his mind it is irrational that the government gave rights to the Baha'is, who fall outside of the three heavenly religions, while not granting the same rights to Christian converts. His only explanation is that a governmental green light to people to leave Islam could wreak havoc.
Not only is there fear of the Muslim front reacting violently to such a decision, but "they're afraid that if they allow it, then all Muslims will become Christians," said Ghobreyal. "They know there are many converts, and they will all officially become Christians."
The lawyer said there are rumors circulating that there are a few million converts eagerly awaiting the results of El-Gohary's case. Egypt's last census in 2006 did not factor in religion, so figures of the Coptic population are based on estimates. These range from 6 to 15 percent of the country's 80-million population. It is not possible to estimate the number of converts, most of whom live in secrecy.
"Ten years ago, you never heard about a convert, but now you hear that someone is going to the court to ask to become a Christian," said Ghobreyal.
Hegazy's Hope
The first convert to file for a change on his ID card, Mohammed Ahmed Hegazy, said he was pleased with the progress of El-Gohary's case and hoped that more converts would take the risk of joining their cause.
"I think that every case added to the convert case will be a help," said Hegazy.
An outspoken critic of the refusal of Egypt's established churches to openly baptize converts, Hegazy said that in El-Gohary's case publicity and criticism pushed the church to take a step in the right direction in producing the conversion certificate.
"But this is not a big step, and there are many more that need to be taken and have not been," he said. "Just to be clear, the [Egyptian] church has not given a baptism certificate, it has given an acceptance letter, and the church has declared they are not going to give a baptism paper … but we can't deny that the step that the priest took to give the certificate was audacious."
Hegazy, who lost his case in January 2008 and is waiting for an appeal date, was never able to get a baptism certificate, nor can he travel since he does not have a passport. If he returns to his hometown to apply for one, he risks losing his life.
He said he still hopes any of Egypt's churches will help him by baptizing him and giving him a certificate in time for his appeal or for a new case he plans to open soon. Hegazy said that although his case is not as public as it used to be, he still faces danger when he leaves his house.
Although he is also in hiding and fears for his life, El-Gohary said he hopes his case opens the way for other converts to experience freedom.
"I hope this for all of those who want to live in the light and the sun; there are many families," he said of Egypt's converts. "I want to live in peace as a Christian. I hope my country gives me the freedom to worship my God and gives me my human rights."
Egypt is a member of the U.N. Human Rights Council, an inter-governmental body made up of 47 states responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe. On April 18, 2007, in its written statement applying for a seat to the Human Rights Council, the representative of Egypt to the U.N. stated that if elected it would emphasize promoting cultural and religious tolerance, among other human rights.
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"Every now and again, one reads an editorial that stops the reader in his tracks," writes John Daly at Oil Price. He's referring to a story titled "War Inevitable To Tackle Indian Water Aggression" on Pakistan's Urdu-language widely read daily newspaper Nawa-e Waqt, which "bluntly commented on India's Kashmiri water polices and Islamabad's failure up to now to stop New Delhi's efforts to construct hydroelectric dams in Kashmir."
First some background on the tug of the war over the Indus, a prime water source for Pakistan. Almost 2,000 miles long, its wellspring is in the Tibetan plateau, which incorporates the Himalayas. The Indus runs through Kashmir (and Jammu) and flows south through Pakistan to Karachi where it empties into the Arabian Sea. But the dams that India builds across rivers feeding into the Indus not only decrease the share of water for Pakistan but can be used to deprive Pakistan of even more water in the event of war.
To address this issue, in 1960 India and Pakistan signed the Indus Waters Treaty, which gave India control of the main rivers of the Punjab, and Pakistan control of the Indus. Recently, though, wrote Tufail Ahmad for the Henry Jackson Society in 2009, "Concern is growing in Pakistan that India is controlling the water flow of rivers that flow from India into Pakistan, especially the Indus, Chenab and Jhelum rivers that pass through India's Jammu & Kashmir state."
Pakistani commentators, pressure groups and religious leaders think that India is controlling the river waters to strangulate Pakistani agriculture, which could affect Pakistani exports and increase its dependency on food imports. Pakistani commentators fear future war with India may break out over water disputes.
This is hardly the first time that Pakistan voices have called for war over water issues. Ahmad writes about how in
… early 2008, an editorial in the [Pakistani] newspaper Roznama Ausaf accused India of planning a "Water Bomb" strategy to strangle Pakistan economically. The article quoted the officials of the IBWC pressure group [Pakistan's Indus Basin Water Council] as saying that India wants to achieve through a "water bomb" what it could not achieve through the three wars waged over the past six decades.
He then sheds light on the meaning of the phrase "water bomb."
Noting that India is planning "50 dams to raid the waters of the rivers" flowing into Pakistan, the IBWC warned: "If this is not foiled, Pakistan will face the worst famine and economic disaster."
Daly quotes the Nawa-e Waqt editorial on how to counter the water bomb.
India should be forcibly prevented from constructing these dams. If it fails to constrain itself, we should not hesitate in launching nuclear war because there is no solution except this.
That, too, is an old refrain in Pakistan. Ahmad again.
In May 2009, [IBWC Chairman Hafiz Zahoorul Hassan] Dahir described "India's water terrorism as a bigger threat than Talibani terrorism," and then added: "The day is not far when circumstances like those in Somalia, Ethiopia and Chad will emerge inside Pakistan… India has readied a weapon for use against Pakistan that is more dangerous and destructive than an atomic bomb." … [A] convener of the Pakistani chapter of the Kashmiri secessionist organizations' alliance, Syed Yousaf Naseem stated. … "Unless this issue is resolved, the Damocles' sword of a nuclear clash will remain hanging over the region."
The rhetoric is as flamboyant as it is incendiary — and irresponsible to the power of ten megatons. In a 2007 paper for the Physicians for Social Responsibility titled An Assessment of the Extent of Projected Global Famine Resulting From Limited, Regional Nuclear War, Ira Helfand, MD, writes that nuclear war in the region would result in "a total global death toll in the range of one billion from starvation alone."
An atmospheric scientist from the University of Colorado in Boulder, Brian Toon, helped Carl Sagan put nuclear winter on the map. Colorado Arts & Sciences magazine reports:
In 2006, Toon helped lead two studies that found that even a small-scale nuclear war—one involving 100 15-kiloton explosions—could slaughter as many people as were killed during World War II and disrupt the world's climate (and food production) for a decade. … Pakistan and India have the capacity to detonate 50 Hiroshima-sized nuclear bombs.
Daly wonders aloud if "there any way out before the missiles fly?" Ahmad wrote, "There is a realization in Pakistan that the 1960 Indus Water Treaty that establishes legal framework for use of river waters has been to the advantage of India." But Daly writes:
The 1960 Indus Water Treaty. … is considered one of the world's most successful trans-boundary water treaties, as it addresses specific water allocation issues and provides unique design requirements for run-of-the-river dams … All foreign governments interested in avoiding further military conflict in South Asia should impress upon both New Delhi and Islamabad the ongoing value of their 51 year-old water agreement and urge them to resolve their conflicts within its framework.
Cross-posted from the Foreign Policy in Focus blog Focal Points.
Categories: War/Security, World


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The so-called "iPad mini" is now expected to be introduced at an event on October 23. According to sources who spoke to All Things D (which typically publishes well-sourced info) the special event will take place roughly a week and a half from now, though the location of the event has not yet been confirmed.
The report follows previous rumors, relayed by Apple 2.0 at CNN, that such an event might take place on October 17. That date was never confirmed by any other reliable sources, and fell about a week earlier than the rumblings I had previously heard. Indeed, Apple did not send out invitations this week for an event on that date, causing CNN to issue an apology.
But October 23 falls nicely within the time frame that was originally discussed among media folk (I had heard October 24). All Things D claims the Tuesday date is out of character for Apple, but there have been Tuesday events in the past. Additionally, the site guesses the event might be held at Apple's Town Hall in Cupertino—not a crazy guess, since Apple often holds slightly smaller events there. But if Apple is indeed introducing the iPad mini, it may elect to go with the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco once again—it's a larger venue than Town Hall and can accommodate more journalists for a high-profile announcement.
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Shootout at Lokhandwala movie review
The film is a thriller they say. Well, I like thrillers and movies that are fast paced. I also enjoy cops and robbers/gangster kind of movies. But I guess this movie is an exception. It's about a bunch of cops from the ATS (Anti-Terrorist Squad) who go after a gang of underworld goons. The movie is fast paced and not boring, but I found it irritating. The editing felt jerky. Worse, the characters were caricatures, specially those of the gangsters. In some cases simplified enough to be laughable.
Well, I went to see it because the movie had got 3-4 stars and also because the movie is supposedly based on true events. The tag line says 'based on true rumours.' There was a shootout at Lokhhandwala in 1992 when some gangsters, chelas of Dawood Ibrahim, were killed by the police. There was a controversy after these killings as there were strong rumours that it was Dawood himself (who had contacts in the top echelons of the force) who had asked the police to kill these guys.
The movie's protagonist is a cop, ACP Shamsher Khan (played by Sunjay Dutt). He and his collegues from the ATS (Javed Shaikh played by Arbaaz Khan and Kaviraj Patel played by Sunil Shetty) have only one aim in life – to kill gangsters and terrorists in encounters. The villain, the head of the gang, is a guy called Maya Dolas (Vivek Oberoi) and I thought his acting was pretty alright. He manages to look evil and makes all the right moves…however his character was not fleshed out well. The director should have spent more time developing characters instead of showing the evil guys constantly drinking and going after bar girls. Rest of the time they are torturing and killing people.
The movie does not deserve 4 stars. Perhaps 3, I don't know. It's subjective. Personally I don't like movies which are gory and which go out of their way to show rivers of blood, mangled limbs and other sickening scenes of violence. There is a subtle way of showing violence but the director, Apoorva Lakhia, has deliberately chosen an obvious vulgar way. It could perhaps be excused in a documentary film like Black Friday, but not in a film like this. In any case the camera did not move fast enough over the blood and gore like in Black Friday – it lingered. As if this was what the director believed would give viewers a kick. This is not a movie for children. It's an adult movie, mainly because of the extreme violence shown graphically throughout the movie.
Another thing I did not like is the fact that Amrita Singh who plays Maya's mother, the mother of a gangster, is shown to be the woman behind his evil behavior. She eggs him on to kill and this was a typical Bollywood stereotype where women are shown to be behind evil men. I thought this was the end of it. But no. At the of the movie when its all over, Shaikh, the hero of the movie, admonishes the mother. He tells her that it is because of mothers like her that evil men like Maya are created! This was terribly retrograde and disappointing. Its surprising that Bollywood directors continue to show that men turn bad because of women. What about fathers? Don't fathers have a hand in it too? In fact crime statistics have shown that the absence of a father figure often leads children astray, specially boys. Also research has confirmed that genes play a part. Besides, if one is surrounded by an atmosphere of violence, it affects children. To show that women create evil men is ridiculous!
I guess I must mention Amitabh Bachchan, who plays Abhishek Mahatre, the lawyer who defends the trigger happy ATS guys. His performance is very very average and so is the performance of every actor in this movie, except Vivek.
May 29, 2007 12:33 am
your review is bang on target…
May 30, 2007 2:38 pm
i read this article while looking for info on the shootout case after watching the movie.
well one thing: …about the mother; she herself acknoledged in the movie that she was responsible for her son becoming the most fearsome gangster of them all. Secondly, what is to be shown in a commercial film is at the behest of the director, and i guess he did a decent job of chilling quite a few spines. if the same thing would have been done in an english movie, everyone would have gone gaga over the "effect" those scenes had.
about the characters, they were shown in a simplistic manner because of the very fact that it was a commercial movie, and not made specifically for the wine sipping sophisticated audience.
its an earnest effort to bring to life the recent history of india, to which people in my age group have no or very little knowledge of.
coz an english film is an english one, and to expect an indian one to have the same sensibilities is bull shit!!!
Nikit permalinkJune 3, 2007 11:55 am
I think the release of this movie is well timed. We need police who have guts and are not a bunch of tree hugging, peace loving hobos.
Police with guts are needed to shoot to kill the scum of society. It does not matter if its true they acted on another gangster's tip off. I don't care if gangsters arrange for the killing of other gangsters. Ultimately, we are being assisted in reaching a zero-sum total for the gangster camp.


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You might already be familiar with Brody Condon—three of his video works provide the engaging backdrop for our recently opened Stark Bar. Tomorrow at LACMA, Condon will present Line-Up (After Trisha), an eight-hour performance inspired by choreographer Trisha Brown's "Lineup" pieces from the 1970s, with the performers wearing costumes by Rodarte. The performance will begin at noon in the BP Grand Entrance and will last all day long.
Condon has presented versions of the performance at several venues, and at LACMA, he considers the museum's grid-like outdoor space to create a world—similar to designing a video game—for real-life players to move and interact within. And just like a game, these performers have to adhere to a set of three basic rules:
- Each 12′ pole must stay connected at all times
- The movers should move slowly and constantly in a circle
- Any viewers are to be regarded as ghosts on another plane of existence; they can be seen but not touched or spoken to
In the video below, the artist talks more about the world he'll create for the performers tomorrow.
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Revolution to Launch Animated Webisodes
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Revolution is back - in cartoon form.
Starting Monday, the NBC drama plans to post animated webisodes online every week to whet fans' appetites during the show's winter hiatus, Entertainment Weekly reports.
Returning Winter Shows: Where we left off
The webisodes, which will run through Feb. 18, are based on letters written by Sgt. Joseph Wheatly (Reed Diamond). They will be available on Hulu, YouTube, NBC.com and VOD. Check out the first one below:
Revolution returns Monday, March 25 at 10/9c. Will you keep up with the webisodes in the meantime?
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Today's News: Our Take - Miss New York Crowned the New Miss America
Miss New York Mallory Hytes Hagan was named the new Miss America Saturday in Las Vegas.
Miss South Carolina Ali Rogers placed second, followed by Miss Oklahoma Alicia Clifton, who came in third. Miss Wyoming Lexie Madden took fourth and Miss Iowa Mariah Cary completed the top 5. The competition made news this year when a contestant who has autism, Miss Montana Alexis Wineman, was one of 16 semifinalists.
Photos: Everybody's posing nude! Check out Rihanna and other stars who've bared all
Hagan, 23, tap-danced to James Brown's "Get Up Off That Thing" for the talent portion of the competition and answered a question about armed guards in schools in the Q&A portion. The Brooklyn, N.Y. native's platform is child sexual abuse prevention, and she attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in hopes of obtaining a degree in Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing.
She won a $50,000 scholarship as well as a crown.
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A mammogram is an x-ray examination of the breast. It is used to detect and diagnose breast disease in women who either have breast problems such as a lump, pain, or nipple discharge, as well as for women who have no breast complaints.
Mammography cannot prove that an abnormal area is cancer, but if it raises a significant suspicion of cancer, tissue will be removed for a biopsy. Tissue may be removed by needle or open surgical biopsy and examined under a microscope to determine if it is cancer.
Mammography has been used for about 40 years, and in the past 15 years technical advancements have greatly improved both the technique and results. Today, dedicated equipment, used only for breast x-rays, produces studies that are high in quality but low in radiation dose. Radiation risks are considered to be negligible.
According to the National Cancer Institute:
screening mammogramA screening mammogram is an x-ray of the breast used to detect breast changes in women who have no signs of breast cancer. It usually involves two x-rays of each breast. Using a mammogram, it is possible to detect a tumor that cannot be felt.
diagnostic mammogramA diagnostic mammogram is an x-ray of the breast used to diagnose unusual breast changes, such as: a lump, pain, nipple thickening or discharge, or a change in breast size or shape. More pictures are taken than during a screening mammogram.
A diagnostic mammogram is also used to evaluate abnormalities detected on a screening mammogram. It is a basic medical tool and is appropriate in the workup of breast changes, regardless of a woman's age.
The development of digital mammography provides electronic images of the breasts that can be enhanced by computer technology, stored on computers, and even transmitted electronically in situations where remote access to the mammogram is required.
X-rays of the breast are different than those used for other parts of the body. The breast x-ray does not penetrate tissue as easily as the x-ray used for routine x-rays of other parts of the body. The breast is compressed by the mammogram equipment to spread the tissue apart. This allows for a lower dose of radiation. Compression of the breast may cause temporary discomfort, but is necessary to produce a good mammogram. The compression only lasts for a few seconds for each image of the breast. A breast health nurse or x-ray technologist usually takes the x-rays, but the resulting films are read and interpreted by a radiologist, who reports the results to your physician.
Calcifications, tiny mineral deposits within the breast tissue. There are two categories of calcifications:
macrocalcifications - coarse calcium deposits that usually indicate degenerative changes in the breasts, such as:
aging of the breast arteries
old injuries
microcalcifications - tiny (less than 1/50 of an inch) specks of calcium. When many microcalcifications are seen in one area, they are referred to as a cluster.
Masses, which may occur with or without associated calcifications, and may be due to different causes, including:
cyst - a non-cancerous collection of fluid in the breast. It cannot be diagnosed by physical exam alone or by mammography alone. Either breast ultrasound or aspiration with a needle is required. If a mass is not a cyst, then further imaging may be obtained.
benign breast conditions - masses can be monitored with periodic mammography, but others may require immediate or delayed biopsy.
breast cancer
The following screening guidelines are for early detection of cancer in women who have no symptoms:
The American Cancer Society (ACS) recommends yearly screening for all women ages 40 and older. Women should talk with their doctors about their personal risk factors before making a decision about when to start getting mammograms or how often they should get them.
The ACS recommends clinical breast exams (CBEs) at least every three years for all women in their 20s and 30s. The ACS recommends annual CBEs for women ages 40 and older. Women should talk with their doctors about their personal risk factors and make a decision about whether they should have a CBE.
The ACS says BSEs are an option for women 20 and older as a means of familiarizing themselves with their breasts so they can notice changes more easily. Talking with your doctor about the benefits and limitations can help you decide if you should start performing BSEs.
Women who are at an increased risk (family history, genetic tendency, past breast cancer) should talk with their physicians about the benefits and limitations of starting mammography screening earlier, having additional tests (breast ultrasound, MRI), or having more frequent exams.
National Cancer Institute Guideline for Screening Mammography
American Cancer Society Guideline for Screening Mammography
Women age 40 and older should have a screening mammogram on a regular basis, every one to two years.
Women 40 years of age and older should have a screening mammogram every year.
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Mount Shasta has strong showing at championships
Calif. – The Mount Shasta Bears had a very memorable day against the best skiers in the state at home on Wednesday.
At the California/Nevada Interscholastic Ski and Snowboard Federation Championships, held this year at the Mt. Shasta Ski Park, several Mount Shasta skiers placed high in giant slalom ski racing. In the boys race, four Mount Shasta racers came in the top 10. Harrison Keane came in fourth, while Weston Stroud was fifth, Clayton Moore sixth and Jarrod Althaus was ninth. For the girls. Mariah Althaus came in third.
In the boys race for Mount Shasta, Spencer Posl was 19th, Tommy Hake 20th and Chad Mapes 43rd. For the Mount Shasta girls, Christine Holst came in 25th and Shannon Keane 26th. In the boys race, Lucas Ericson of Butte Valley came in 21st and Matthew Wood of Yreka was 22nd. Max Michelon of Weed came in 33rd,Chris Ogren of Yreka was 40th, Andrew Matheson of Weed was 42nd, Payson Collins of Yreka was 53rd, and Clayton Mills of Weed was 57th.
In the girls race, Nicole Kishe of Yreka was 35th, Ashton Weed of Yreka was 39th and Jensen Amens of Yreka was 49th.
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Book a flight to Kuwait and discover a cultural oasis amid rolling desert dunes, golden beaches, museums and world-class restaurants. Coastal resorts are designed as serene retreats, while the desert offers plenty of opportunities for intrepid explorers.
Whether you wander around the bustling metropolis of Kuwait City or head for the barren wilderness, you'll find wonders aplenty in Kuwait.
Kuwait highlights
Kuwait Towers is a great way to get an overview before tours of the Grand Mosque and some museums; next, head out on desert safari; then relax in a resort, take a dip or go snorkelling.
Tourist attractions
No trip to Kuwait would be complete without a boat trip to Failaka IslandYou can get there by regular ferry and the island's Greek temple and archaeological sites await you. Alternatively, head for the city's outskirts and Kazmah Desert Cliffs, where you can enjoy stunning views of the bay area and the Arabian Gulf. It can get busy at weekends, as Kuwaitis head here for uphill jeep challenges.
In Kuwait City, the main attraction is Kuwait Towers. Opened in 1979, these three imposing spires include a double-deck viewing sphere with a gently revolving platform on the upper floor, offering an ever-changing panorama. There is also a separate dining sphere, with two restaurants and a lounge.
A guided tour of the Grand Mosque is a great way to spend an afternoon, or you could explore the city's many museums. The War Museum and National Museum delve into the country's history from subtly different angles.
Leisure activities
Everyday Kuwaiti life is exceptionally laid back, particularly during the hot summer months. Why not cool off on a boat trip and enjoy some scuba-diving or snorkelling? Or you could always head for one of the public beaches or resorts. Many of Kuwait's marine clubs have facilities such as tennis courts and swimming pools.
Get out of the city and explore the desert on a guided jeep tour or head off on an organised camping expedition to get a taste of local life. Or luxuriate in the heart of the city at its Aqua Park, near Kuwait Towers, a popular venue on scorching summer days.
You'll find a wide range of international restaurants to choose from when you travel to Kuwait, with culinary options from across the globe. Restaurants tend to be grouped together, and the so-called "Restaurants Road" in Salmiya is a good place to satisfy your hunger pangs. A few restaurants here serve traditional Kuwaiti cuisine.
In the Qibla area of Kuwait City, you will find a few more traditional restaurants, serving local specialities. Look out for hummus, shawarma (meat and salad served in pitta) and mezze, a range of small dishes to share.
If you want to dine like a Kuwaiti, head for Souq Al Mubarakiya on Abdullah al-Salem Street, where you can feast on kebabs, hummus, pickles and Arabian bread at the edge of the old souq. A visit to the Fish Market in Mahboula is a must for seafood lovers. Here you can choose your fresh fish or seafood from the display and it will be prepared and cooked according to your instructions.
In Kuwait City, prices are high compared with the rest of the country, and shopping revolves around the city's malls. The Marina Mall is one of the largest, and features many international brands.
Outside the city, Kuwait's largest mall is The Avenues, where you will also find a selection of international stores. There's even a premium cinema where you can enjoy being served by your very own personal butler. Don't forget to visit the latest addition to the many malls in Kuwait – Gate Mall located in Egaila.
However, it is worth visiting the city's souqs, where you can often pick up some great bargains. Souq Al Mubarakiya sells Eastern and Middle Eastern goods and is also home to a jewellery and gold market. Head for Souq Al-Juma'a on Fridays for second-hand bargains at low prices.
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No one can accuse the Hawks of ever being boring.
Not even a month into their off-season and the Hawks created quite a stir when they released assistant coach Mike Haviland. Much to the surprise of just about everyone who follows the Hawks closely, Haviland's head found the sword before Mike Kitchen's. Since he came here in 2010, Kitchen was the whipping boy to Haviland's Teflon suit. Surely, a lot of that has to do with Haviland being here longer and plenty of fluff pieces written about him.
The truth is, I have no idea what the inner dynamics of the Hawks coaching staff is. Haviland was anointed as the Hawks head coach in waiting, yet if he was truly head coaching material, he probably would have been hired as a NHL head coach by now. Haviland is held in high regard by plenty of people in Chicago but yet he's likely no closer to a NHL head coaching spot than when he arrived here.
The other thing that has probably gotten out of control lately is the amount of credit and blame people assign to the assistants. Joel Quenneville is the one calling the shots; he should receive the credit and the blame. His assistants are merely an extension of his voice. If there were mixed messages being sent or "dysfunction" as Quenneville said, then obviously he's going to side with the guy who agrees with him more.
–I'm doing this with great trepidation but I just can't take seeing certain things being written and said about this. Patrick Kane made his long awaited return to Deadspin this week. He apparently had a great time in Madison last weekend and allegedly did some pretty naughty things.
I'm not condoning any of his alleged illegal actions but where I get confused and subsequently annoyed is when people use this to springboard into wild opinions about how now, this time, it's the right time to trade him. Maybe it's just me, but somewhere along my journey from adolescence and adulthood, I stopped caring what athletes were like once they took off their uniform.
If history is any indicator, the Hawks really don't care either. Patrick Kane's intoxicated behavior hasn't been a secret for some time now and yet, he has continued to be who he is. If the Hawks were really concerned, there would have been some kind of public statement to embarrass him or some kind of attempt to curb his behavior. It's not like the warning signs weren't there.
It shouldn't be that surprising either. This is the same organization that employed a raging alcoholic, wife-beater, and more recently, an advocate of Adolf Hitler. Yet, one of the first things John McDonough did when he took over was name Bobby Hull an ambassador of the Chicago Blackhawks, which is to say they pay him to get drunk in a skybox and be the same lousy person he's always been. Then they built a statue for him this year.
Patrick Kane is a lousy drunk. There is no debating it. How that negatively affects what kind of player and teammate he is (by all accounts, a very good one) is where I get lost.


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God's Truth truly spoken.
In it not of it!
Remember, the darker it gets, the brighter and farther our little light shines!
Maranatha, Lord come quickly!
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In Romans 10 Paul lays out how salvation is open to all, Jew and Gentile. He writes:
"For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes." – Romans 10:4-5
What he is saying is now it is not about works or how closely to a "T" you follow the law. But that it is through God's gift of grace through faith in His Son, Jesus Christ. It is really that simple, and yet a hard step for some of us.
"That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." – Romans 10:9
Christ is the narrow gate (Matthew 7:13-14), through faith in Him you will be saved. It is the only "works" that God requires for eternal salvation.
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I know I'm getting ahead of myself, putting the cart before the horse and all that, but I like browsing through pictures and playing around in Paint with images that could possibly be my book cover. And there are tons of sites with pre-made covers to set my imagination on fire.
If I have a working title, not just any old working title but one I might actually use, I'm much more likely to talk about my book, think about it, and, most importantly, work on it.
It's also nice when someone asks me what I'm writing. I can say, "Cool Title" instead of prattling on about the characters, what I think the genre might be, where the story may or may not be heading because I'm really not exactly sure, explaining that I'm a pantser (and then explaining what a pantser is).
If I have a cover? I'm completely inspired.
I write more. Because, now, my book is like Pinocchio. Someday he'll be a real boy, right? It's the same thing. Someday it'll be a real book.
Many will say this is ridiculous. You have to know what your story is about before you can find an image to reflect that. True. But if a visual encourages me to keep writing, it's well worth the time spent.
And I might find one of the reasons I was sifting through photos was because I needed a break from my writing and now I'm back to it. With gusto.
Whether I wind up using the cover or not, I have one now. In this moment. I can see it in all its glory. The title, my name, an image that speaks to me (literally or figuratively—you make the call).
Window shopping a waste of time? Perhaps. But it's a helluva lot of fun and fabulous motivation.
Do you design your book cover before you finish your book? (Before you've reached page 10?)
* Just so nobody asks, I've created a picture for this post (at the top) to answer the question of whether or not I will design my own cover. The answer, quite obviously, is "No". A resounding NO.


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Abe Lincoln set out to make a point on Sunday at Nationals Park.
As the presidents were being announced for the 4th-inning presidents race, "Honest Abe" jumped out of the centerfield gate like a bat out of hell, staking a huge lead over the other presidents but heading straight for the stands along the first base line, where somebody was holding up a sign that read "Let Teddy Win."
Abe grabbed the sign and held it up, then ripped it in half, reached into the stands, and produced another sign that read "Make Teddy Earn It!"
The Great Emancipator, who has been accused of cheating before, is obviously not a fan of the Let Teddy Win movement, instead wanting us to believe that he keeps winning all these races on his own.
But we know the truth. If Teddy Roosevelt were truly allowed to let loose, he'd lift this curse and put a serious whipping on his Mt. Rushmore counterparts that they'd never forget.
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